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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



FEBRrARY 15. 1900. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



Trade has been very good this week. 

 Several large funerals took place, 

 among them the funeral of Mrs. Alice 

 Phelan, mother of our mayor. Six 

 wagon load.s of floral pieces were sent 

 by the various stores. As a conse- 

 quence there has been a shortage of 

 stock all through the line and a slight 

 increase in [.rices. Beauties. $ZM to 

 $5; Brides and Maids, 75 cents to $1.50; 

 Perles, 50 to 75 cents; Meteors, 50 

 cents to $1; Brunners. 12\i. cents per 

 dozen. Carnations, Hannah Hobart, 

 $1.25; Ethel Crocker. 75 cents; mixed 

 fancy, 50 to 75 cents; Flora Hill, 50 

 cents; Scott, 25 to 30 cents; Portia, 25 

 cents: chrysanthemums. 25 to 50 cents; 

 daffodils. 20 to 25 cents; valley, 50 

 cents; double fancy hyacinth, 50 cents 

 per dozen. Violets, Californias, 50 to 

 75 cents; Princess of Wales. 75 cents to 

 $1; Duchess of Marlborough, $1.50. 

 Smilax, 5 cents; asparagus, 10 to 25 

 cents; Maidenhair ferns, $1 per 100 

 fronds; freesias, $1; paper whites, 50 

 to 75 cents. 



Fruit blossoms made their first ap- 

 pearance in market this week. Among 

 them were almond, peach, currant and 

 quince. They are bought up quickly. 



E. W. McLellan is around once more 

 with the support of crutches. Mr. Mc- 

 Lellan has a fine lot of Kaiserins and 

 Testouts that will soon be seen in 

 market. 



Shannahan, on Powell street, has for 

 two years or more made a specialty of 

 carnation Lewis Bradbury, a brilliant 

 carmine red, with smooth, silky, 

 rounded petals, a color much admired 

 by everyone. Mr. Shannahan makes a 

 fine display of this grand carnation in 

 his window, always having a vase 

 filled with two hundred or more 

 blooms each day; it is one of Siever's 

 seedlings. I. n. 



ORANGE, N. J. 



At the meeting of the New Jersey 

 Florieultural Society February 7, Mr. 

 John N. May, of Summit, read" a paper 

 entitled, "Horticultural Reminis- 

 cences." His remarks were both his- 

 torical as relating to some of the old 

 time favorites among flowers, and bio- 

 graphical as relating to many of the 

 craft who have passed away, con- 

 cluding with an eulogy to the late 

 Wm. MacMillan. 



Mr. May drew a comparison between 

 the methods of his early home on the 

 other side of the water and here, the 

 land of his adoption, in the choice of 

 plants for the decoration of country 

 homes, and the tasteful groui)ing so 

 prevalent there and so painfully lack- 

 ing here, particularly in rhododen- 

 drons and kalmias. The speaker re- 

 ceived the usual vote of thanks. 



Resolutions were passed |)roviding 

 for a prize for the forthcoming exhi- 

 bition of the American Rose Society 

 and appropriate representation at the 

 exhibition of the S. A. F. next August. 



J. B. D. 



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